Technology Manager

Category: Technology

Date: December 06, 2009

Website address: http://technologymanager-blog.com

Description: Musings on business and finance, technology and project management from a Fortune 500 financial services technology insider

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Name: technologymanager

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Nervous in New Job? Not Anymore!

Tue, 11 May 2010 22:14:33 +0000

Not too far off a year ago I blogged that my new job makes me nervous. I was nervous in new job because I didn’t know how my success was going to be measured, how I was going to achieve and accomplish in such a loosely defined role. In less than a year all that has [...]...

http://technologymanager-blog.com/blog-guide/nervous-in-new-job-not-anymore

Offshore Software Vendors need an Inside Man (or Woman) to Close the Deal

Thu, 06 May 2010 19:51:10 +0000

Entrepreneurs who start up a new company often naively assume they will be able to cover all parts of their startup operation themselves. Legal and compliance work, company secretary duties, client relationship building, product design – in the early days, the entrepreneur o...

http://technologymanager-blog.com/how-to-get-a-job/offshore-software-vendors-need-an-inside-man-or-woman-to-close-the-deal

Offshoring Success

Sat, 01 May 2010 11:57:38 +0000

My recent role has been a turnaround of a problem area – a global function with a large offshore component. When I took on this area, it simply was not working. The client was unhappy, the technology senior management were unhappy and the team themselves were unhappy. ...

http://technologymanager-blog.com/offshoring/offshoring-success

PM: Write The Perfect Post Project Review

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:18:24 +0000

My wife (also a project manager) needed to design a lessons learned template to be used at her organisation for post project reviews. She asked me for my help and I was only too happy to oblige. For the greater good I share my Lessons Learned/Post Project Review document temp...

http://technologymanager-blog.com/project-management-notes/pm-write-the-perfect-post-project-review

The Art of Escalation

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:49:51 +0000

Escalation is a very powerful tool in the professional workplace. However, like anything powerful it should be used with caution. Used well, escalation can be used to snuff out issues and help you get the job done, misused they can earn you a reputation as some who “cr...

http://technologymanager-blog.com/management/the-art-of-escalation